Apparently you're no longer confused regarding the "moral right of the artist" being vague. Regarding your claim that the original work wasn't used, I think th

Apparently you're no longer confused regarding the "moral right of the artist" being vague. Regarding your claim that the original work wasn't used, I think this quote from the article is pretty clear: "Before the project launched, I knew exactly what I wanted for the cover — a pixel art recreation of the original album cover..." This wasn't a case of happenstance, as you suggest.